Engage in pursuit of democracy and social change through the provocative and political art of Hans Haacke. Hans Haacke is a legend of political conceptual art, and at the same time, his work is...

With handsome full-page reproductions, this volume provides a new look at the extensive oeuvre of Leon Kelly, a fascinating American artist. The American artist Leon Kelly (1901-1982) is known for...

Explores the revolutionary Renaissance works of Leonardo and Dürer and their long-lasting impact on the art of drawing. Dürer's Praying Hands is one of the world's most popular artworks. Few artists...

This publication magnificently illustrates the diversity and depth of Max Pechstein's oeuvre. The Expressionist and "Brücke" artist Max Pechstein was a pioneering representative of modernism in...

"Painting as a Way of Life offers a fresh look at a brief yet transformative moment in French art. At the beginning of this period, France's painting industry was still underdeveloped compared to...

A fresh look at the global dimensions of US painting from the 1850s to 1898. Painting US Empire is the first book to offer a synthetic account of art and US imperialism around the globe in the...

The hidden world of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's unique art frames! Ernst Ludwig Kirchner regarded the picture and its frame as a unit. Contrary to Kirchner's intention that they each belong together,...

A study of Soviet factography, an avant-garde movement that employed photography, film, journalism, and mass media technologies. This is the first major English-language study of factography, an...

This exquisitely illustrated collection of essays by leading scholars and experts offers a glimpse into the Bodleian Library's collection of rare Japanese books and manuscripts. The Bodleian Library...

A rich and original history of Edo, the shogun’s city that became modern Tokyo. Tokyo today is one of the world’s mega-cities and the center of a scintillating, hyper-modern culture—but not everyone...

A provocative reassessment of a popular narrative that connects museums, the antiquities trade, and theft. In this thought-provoking new work, historian Justin M. Jacobs challenges the widely...

Booker Prize-winning author John Berger gives us a stunning critical assessment of Pablo Picasso: At the height of his powers, Picasso was the artist as revolutionary: breaking through the niceties...

This title focuses on Rembrandt's activities as a portraitist, a genre in which the most important Dutch painter of the 17th century also reached the highest level. Together with around thirty nine...

"This book invites us to linger on the threshold that both separates and joins the real and the iconic world"-- Provided by publisher.

Amid the chaos and violence of the 1905 Revolution in Russia, the Tsar's opponents printed and distributed vast quantities of picture postcards. Easy to share, hide and smuggle, postcards were a way...

Royalty, Aristocrats, American heiresses, exiled Russian Grand Dukes, Randlords, Maharajas, Socialites and Financiers with newly made fortunes flocked to Fabergé in London to buy gifts for each other...

Long-time art critic Richard Dorment reveals the corruption and lies of the art world and its mystifying authentication process.Late one afternoon in the winter of 2003, art critic Richard Dorment...

How do designers get ideas? Many spend their time searching for clever combinations of forms, fonts, and colors inside thedesign annuals and monographs of other designers' work. For those looking to...

The first monograph showcasing the visceral, exciting, and chaotic paintings of Mu Pan Drawing inspiration from nature, Japanese Kaiju films, samurai iconography, and mythology, Taiwanese-born and...